Adding a Claude skill to make a new blog entry discussion thread as easy as possible
I asked AI to draft this for me. I've edited it. Any surviving AI smells are my oversight.
I’ve written a Claude skill to make it easier to make a post here that has a comment section owned by this blog, but hosted and managed on PopsicleBoat. It’s, for lack of better phrasing, in alpha mode. It works. But it’s a process that is a little unappetizing. Still. It works.
Set it up once. It does the job after that. That's the whole point of automation, right?
The idea is to make it as easy as possible. Right now it’s ~5 steps. I’m working on that. But the premise, to me, is valuable. People with online content who want interaction are encumbered usually with large libraries they have to bring in.
I don’t know about you, but I miss the old simpler internet.
With PopsicleBoat, not only can you have a comment section with just a few lines of code but you get moderation powers, and it all comes without ads or tracking. If you want that stuff it’s on you. You’re outsourcing discourse and commenting. For free.
The challenge for me right now is making it even easier for you. It’s still an early project.
BUT: it’s also a social space. There’s friend networks, instant messaging, video calls (be cool if it grew to video conferencing but that’s a lofty goal to be sure.)
Anywho, this is Jake (the creator) testing some of it out. And… signing out. Peace.